MCPS refuses to enroll child in 6th grade/middle school who has completed 5th grade

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Anonymous wrote:It seems reasonable that a district won't skip her until she's actually enrolled and observed. This dad's a bit aggressive, no? This little girl probably needs to spend some time acting like a little girl. She certainly won't cope with the cruelty of middle school girls.

I would think that she would be the target of far less teasing as a double-skipped 10-year-old than as a same aged kid who is academically at least two years ahead of the other girls.

[Anonymous]

I think the issue is that she's 9 not 10.

[Anonymous]

There are many that did not skip grades that are messed up. What's your argument or proof. Cackling geese!

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Anonymous wrote:Mr. Sigham noted that a student who had not been in school at ALL for two years was recently admitted to a MCPS high school. That student had no schooling whatsoever - no homeschool - no bricks & mortar - no pup tent.
And he will start in high school tomorrow.

Because of age. If you are the right age, you may enter high school. Even if you can't read.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In MCPS students are also educated in split classrooms with students from two grades in the same room. Like a 4th/5th split.
And students are bused to the middle schools from elementary school for classes - or - are sent to high school for classes from middle school.
Students also graduate early because they have completed all requirements before they are 17.
The school system is not simply based on age of student.

They will bus kids to middle school -- but they are very reluctant to just place kids there. They wil send kids up a grade for instruction -- but technically keep kids in the grade they are supposed to be in, by age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if they've looked at the highly gifted centers in some MoCo schools.

The highly gifted centers serve 4th and 4th grade only. You must enter in 4th grade. They are not an answer for this child.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if they've looked at the highly gifted centers in some MoCo schools.

The highly gifted centers serve 4th and 4th grade only. You must enter in 4th grade. They are not an answer for this child.

sorry, typo, I meant 4th and 5th grade.

[Anonymous]

If a nine year old is in middle school, does she change in the same locker room for PE with the 12-14 year olds?

[Anonymous]

Provided they are the same gender. There are no age based locker rooms to my knowledge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a nine year old is in middle school, does she change in the same locker room for PE with the 12-14 year olds?

If that's your concern, perhaps they should sort the students by stage-of-puberty? I know 11 year olds who look like women, and 15 year olds who look 9!

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Do they do that at the YMCA or YWCA?

[Anonymous]

There are no locker rooms segregated by maturity or Tanner scale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do they do that at the YMCA or YWCA?

That is a choice, in MCPS, it is just something everyone does. I feel for the kid. It would be difficult.

[Anonymous]

If a child will be subjected to teasing or worse at the hands of older girls in the locker room, but otherwise is capable of handling the academic work at the school, surely the solution lies in doing something about the girls who bully, not refusing entrance to the school to the younger but capable child.

Alternatively, if the school is unable to provide safe changing accomodations for the younger child, she could fulfil her physical education requirement after school at the school's epense -- perhaps a judo class three times a week.

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You know, the more I think about this, the more I feel that dad wants to show off his daughter. I know that he wants her to get an education, but what is all this publicity about? He seems like he needs to show something to the world, this prize he has been cultivating.
BTW, his article was awkward, also braggy about his role as a professor.